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Prado mans third, manages Marlins in finale
- Updated: October 2, 2016
WASHINGTON — Martin Prado wears many hats on the Marlins. The veteran third baseman this season has been a team leader, a club spokesman, as well as a .300 hitter.
In Miami’s season finale on Sunday against Washington at Nationals Park, Prado not only started at third base, he also was the club’s ceremonial manager for the day.
The concept of having players coach and manage the final game is something manager Don Mattingly picked up from during his days with the Yankees and Dodgers.
Since Sunday’s game doesn’t impact the postseason standings in any way, Prado was assigned managerial duties for the day. Catcher Jeff Mathis, who didn’t start, served as the bench coach.
“It’s been going on for a while,” Mattingly said. “It’s a nice little tradition. Obviously, if the game had everything on the line, you couldn’t do it. But this seems like an effective day to do it.”
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